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Although Terrass won the election and successfully won the british prime ministership, her path to governance was not so easy. Tras not only had to face the "mess" left by Johnson when he left office, but also had to bear pressure from the United States. Today, less than 48 hours after taking office, Traus has been warned twice in a row by the United States.
According to the China Youth Network, Tras just became prime minister, Biden personally sent a "dismount", Biden stressed to Tras on the phone that the United Kingdom should reach a negotiated agreement with the EU on the Northern Ireland Protocol, which is very important for both sides. The Financial Times said that Biden was issuing a warning to Tras not to unilaterally tear up the agreement.
A day later, White House spokesman Jean-Pierre once again publicly warned Britain that undermining the Northern Ireland Protocol would not help the US-UK trade talks. Although there is no formal link between the US-UK trade negotiations and whether the UK will tear up the Northern Ireland Protocol, the United States has clearly used the US-UK trade negotiations as a bargaining chip and intends to use threats to influence the British government's decisions and remind who is the boss.
This can't help but make people feel a little emotional.
For a long time, Britain, as the loyal little brother of the United States, obeyed the United States. Especially on the Ukraine issue, Britain assisted the United States in the middle of the fire, and always rushed to the forefront of the "anti-Russian" front, causing the Russian side to counterattack.
In order to follow the United States, it can be said that Britain paid a lot of price, but when Britain needed the support of the United States, the United States instead stood on the opposite side of Britain and forced Britain to compromise.
That was the case with the Northern Ireland Protocol.
As we all know, the Northern Ireland Protocol was signed in the context of Brexit, and the reason for this agreement is not to violate the Belfast Agreement signed by the United Kingdom at the end of the last century.
Under the Belfast Agreement, the border between Northern Ireland and Ireland had to be kept open and trade smooth, and it was not difficult to do so when both Ireland and the United Kingdom belonged to the European Union, however, the situation is different now, because the United Kingdom has left the European Union.
If Northern Ireland follows the United Kingdom to leave the European Union, there will be no smooth trade between Northern Ireland and Ireland, so the United Kingdom signed the Northern Ireland Protocol, allowing Northern Ireland to continue to comply with EU rules.
Who knows, after signing, Britain repented. The protocol sets up a customs service in the United Kingdom, separating the British Isles from Northern Ireland, which is not equivalent to "disguised recognition" of Northern Ireland belonging to Ireland?
Britain grew increasingly dissatisfied, and in June this year, the then Foreign Secretary, Truss, submitted a bill to Parliament to unilaterally amend the Protocol of Northern Ireland, which was passed by the lower house of parliament.
The EU accused the UK of not having the spirit of the contract, signing a good agreement and saying that it would change it, and the UK also quarreled with the EU.
I thought that the United States could help Britain say a word for so many years because it had "never abandoned" and "had no merit and hard work" in Britain. Who knows that the United States has not paid any attention to Britain's demands, and has also accused Britain together with the European Union, and now it is even more pointing fingers at the new government that Britain has just formed, grossly interfering in Britain's internal affairs.
It is reasonable to say that no matter what decisions the United Kingdom makes, including whether to amend the protocol and how to negotiate with the European Union, etc., these are all British affairs, and the United States has no right to intervene.
However, in order to appease the European Union, the United States did not hesitate to abandon Britain, and it also became the biggest obstacle for Terrass to revise the Northern Ireland Protocol, which shows that the United States does not care at all about whether Britain is divided, only whether it has achieved its goal.
In order to curry favor with the United States, poor Britain did not hesitate to sacrifice its own interests, frantically "anti-Russian," and made a mess of the domestic economy, but in exchange for the United States's "backhand knife.", it is really extremely ironic.